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_The Sketches contained in the following pages originally appeared in
the _WEEKLY SUN_, under the title, "At the Bar of the House." Owing to
the reiterated requests of many readers they are now republished in
their present form._


CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. PAGE
OPENING OF A HISTORIC SESSION 9
CHAPTER II.
THE HOME RULE BILL 31
CHAPTER III.
A SOBER AND SUBDUED OPPOSITION 40
CHAPTER IV.
THE PERSONAL ELEMENT 49
CHAPTER V.
OBSTRUCTION AND ITS AGENTS 67
CHAPTER VI.
GLADSTONE AND THE SURVIVAL 82
CHAPTER VII.
A FORTNIGHT OF QUIET WORK 96
CHAPTER VIII.
THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM 111
CHAPTER IX.
THE END OF A GREAT WEEK 131
CHAPTER X.
THE BUDGET, OBSTRUCTION, AND EGYPT 146
CHAPTER XI.
THE BILL IN COMMITTEE 164
CHAPTER XII.
RENEWAL OF THE FIGHT 178
CHAPTER XIII.
THE SEXTON INCIDENT 198
CHAPTER XIV.
THE BURSTING OF THE STORM 207
CHAPTER XV.
MR. DILLON'S FORGETFULNESS 219
CHAPTER XVI.


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